General Tso Tsung-tang is a legend in China’s Hunan province, but the dish named after him isn’t, said Fuchsia Dunlop in Saveur. That’s because it was created in Taiwan by a chef who fled Hunan during ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The chef credited with inventing General Tso's Chicken, a world-famous Chinese dish smothered in a sweet sauce that was never a staple in China, has died in Taiwan at 98. Peng ...

A plate of General Tso's chicken, served with peppers, scallions, and parsley - Metamore Studio/Shutterstock The real General Tso was a 19th-century statesman from the Hunan province of China named ...

The sticky, spicy dish is widely credited to the chef, who was trained from age 13. Taiwan News reports, "After WWII, he was put in charge of running Nationalist government banquets, and in 1949 he ...

The original General Tso's chicken was invented by Chef Peng in Taiwan in the 1950's. He opened a Hunanese restaurant where he made the dish for the very first time. It was named after a famous 19th ...

The chef who has been credited with inventing General Tso's chicken — a world-famous Chinese food staple that is not served in China — has died. He was 98. Chef Peng Chang-kuei (chang-KWAY') brought ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The chef credited with inventing General Tso's Chicken, a world-famous Chinese dish smothered in a sweet sauce that was never a staple in China, has died in Taiwan at 98. Peng ...

You may not have known his name, but you definitely know his chicken. Peng Chang-kuei, a 98-year-old Chinese chef credited with creating General Tso's Chicken, died this week of pneumonia, according ...